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scale

[skeyl] / skeɪl /


VERB
ascend, climb
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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That scale has raised worries that Wall Street is inflating a bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It says it "requires, building, commercialising and operating products and services… at a scale that has not been previously achieved".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

SpaceX would then seek to scale that by an “order of magnitude” each year, eventually reaching a terawatt of AI computing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Another study published in May by University of Cincinnati economists Nathan Hudson and Hernan Moscoso Boedo found evidence of similar trends and on a global scale since 2007.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Even though the war weighed on everyone’s mind, the full scale of it still surprised people.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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